10212580

Cloud-Based Connectivity Information Discovery

PublishedFebruary 19, 2019
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Technical Abstract

Patent Claims
22 claims

Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.

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1. An apparatus, comprising: one or more processors; and one or more memories including computer program code, the one or more memories and the computer program code configured, with the one or more processors, to cause the apparatus to perform at least; detecting at a mobile device that there is a change in connectivity information of a subscriber identity module card of the mobile device, the connectivity information comprising information allowing a connection of another device via a network to the mobile device while the mobile device is wirelessly connected to the network, wherein the detecting is based on the subscriber identity module card for the mobile device using the changed connectivity information instead of using connectivity information previously active for a connection of the mobile device with the another device via the network, and wherein the connectivity information is indicating a change of a preferred operator to use to allow a connection of the another device via the network to the mobile device; updating by the mobile device, stored information comprising a changed phonebook number of the another device and the changed preferred operator based on the changed connectivity information of the subscriber identity module card to allow a connection of the another device to the mobile device while the mobile device is wirelessly connected to the network; and enabling, by the mobile device, establishment of a connection with the another device via the network using the changed connectivity information and the changed preferred operator associated with the changed connectivity information of the subscriber identity module card.

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2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the determined change in the connectivity information is based on the subscriber identity module card for the mobile device being replaced with a new subscriber identity module card by a user of the mobile device.

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3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the enabling comprises sending by the mobile device to a cloud service provider associated with the network the updated stored information comprising the changed phonebook number and the changed preferred operator corresponding to the new subscriber identity module card.

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4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the detecting the change in connectivity information of a subscriber identity module card of a mobile device is based on an indication of the changed connectivity information being passed through the mobile device from the network to the another device, wherein the pass through the mobile device from the network is based on the stored information sent from the mobile device to the cloud service provider is including the changed phonebook number.

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5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the subscriber identity module card enables a single one of multiple operators including the changed preferred operator to be selected by a user of the mobile device.

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6. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein: the change in connectivity information comprises a change in a mobile Internet protocol address of the mobile device to a different mobile Internet protocol address; and wherein the information sent by the mobile device to the cloud service provider causes a list of more than one subscriber identity module card stored in a database of the network to use the changed phonebook number and the changed preferred operator associated with the changed connectivity information of the another device and to indicate the different mobile Internet protocol address of the mobile device.

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7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein performing the update further comprises updating the database of the network to indicate at least an identity of a user associated with the mobile device.

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8. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the sending by the mobile device to the cloud service provider associated with the network the updated stored information causes the cloud service provider to provide the changed connectivity information to other mobile devices of the network associated with the mobile device.

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9. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the update of the list stored in the database of the network and the phonebook number of the another device is performed using an application programmer interface.

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10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the updating of the phonebook of the another device is performed using an application programmer interface.

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11. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein responsive to the updating, an indication of the change in connectivity information is sent to all users subscribed in the network as friends of mobile terminal.

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12. An method, comprising: detecting, by a mobile device, that there is a change in connectivity information of a subscriber identity module card of the mobile device, the connectivity information comprising information allowing a connection of another device via a network to the mobile device while the mobile device is wirelessly connected to the network, wherein the detecting is based on the subscriber identity module card for the mobile device using the changed connectivity information instead of using connectivity information previously active for a connection of the mobile device with the another device via the network, and wherein the connectivity information is indicating a change of a preferred operator to use to allow a connection of the another device via the network to the mobile device; updating, by the mobile device, stored information comprising a changed phonebook number of the another device and the changed preferred operator based on the changed connectivity information of the of the subscriber identity module card to allow a connection of the another device to the mobile device while the mobile device is wirelessly connected to the network; and enabling, by the mobile device, establishment of a connection with the another device via the network using the changed connectivity information and the changed preferred operator associated with the changed connectivity information of the subscriber identity module card.

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13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the detected change in the connectivity information is based on the subscriber identity module card for the mobile device being replaced with a new subscriber identity module card by a user of the mobile device.

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14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the enabling comprises sending by the mobile device to a cloud service provider associated with the network the updated stored information comprising the changed phonebook number and the changed preferred operator corresponding to the new subscriber identity module card.

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15. The method of claim 12 , wherein the subscriber identity module card enables a single one of multiple operators including the changed preferred operator to be selected by a user of the mobile device.

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16. The method of claim 14 , wherein: the change in connectivity information comprises a change in a mobile Internet protocol address of the mobile device to a different mobile Internet protocol address; and wherein the information sent by the mobile device to the cloud service provider causes a list of more than one subscriber identity module card stored in a database of the network to use the changed phonebook number and the changed preferred operator associated with the changed connectivity information of the another device and to indicate the different mobile Internet protocol address of the mobile device.

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17. The method of claim 16 , wherein performing the update further comprises updating the database of the network to indicate at least an identity of a user associated with the mobile device.

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18. The method of claim 12 , wherein the enabling comprises sending by the mobile device to a cloud service provider associated with the network the updated stored information comprising the changed phonebook number and the changed preferred operator corresponding to the new subscriber identity module card.

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19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the sending by the mobile device to the cloud service provider associated with the network the updated stored information causes the cloud service provider to provide the changed connectivity information to other mobile devices of the network associated with the mobile device.

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20. The method of claim 14 , wherein the updating the list stored in the database of the network with the changed phonebook number and the changed preferred operator is performed using an application programmer interface of the mobile device.

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21. A computer program product embodied in a non-transitory computer memory and comprising instructions wherein the instructions are executed by a processor to perform operations that comprise: detecting at a mobile device that there is a change in connectivity information of a subscriber identity module card of the mobile device, the connectivity information comprises information allowing a connection of another device via a network to the mobile device while the mobile device is wirelessly connected to the network, wherein the detecting is based on the subscriber identity module card for the mobile device using the changed connectivity information instead of using connectivity information previously active for a connection of the mobile device with the another device via the network, and wherein the connectivity information is indicating a preferred operator to use to allow a connection of the another device via the network to the mobile device; updating, by the mobile device, the connectivity information and a phonebook number of the another device to include the changed connectivity information to allow the another device to connect to the mobile device while the mobile device is wirelessly connected to the network; and based on the updating, enabling, by the mobile device, establishment of a connection with the another device via the network using the changed connectivity information and the changed preferred operator associated with the changed connectivity information of the subscriber identity module card.

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22. The computer program product according to claim 21 , wherein the enabling comprises sending by the mobile device to a cloud service provider associated with the network the changed phonebook number and the changed preferred operator corresponding to the subscriber identity module card.

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Publication Date

February 19, 2019

Inventors

Martin W.S. Nystrom
Ari J. Salmi
Teemu Kotiharju
Karsten Homann

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